Software Tutorials

Browse all GIS & Data Tutorials available via the U of T Map & Data Library (MDL).

ArcGIS Online

ArcGISOnline is a web-based mapping software that allows you to build, share, and access interactive web maps.

UTM Library YouTube Playlist - ArcGIS Online Playlist (5 videos)
Logging in to ArcGIS Online (for first time use)
ArcGIS Online: Information, Tutorials, and Workshops (MDL)

ArcGIS Pro

ArcGIS Pro is a desktop Geographic Information System (GIS) software that enables users to map. explore, visualize, and analyze spatial data.
UTM Library YouTube Playlist - ArcGIS Pro (20 videos)
Downloading, Installing, and Licensing ArcGIS Pro (MDL)
ArcGIS Pro: Information, Tutorials, and Workshops (MDL)

ArcGIS StoryMaps

ArcGIS StoryMaps is an online storytelling tool that allows users to craft and publish powerful narratives using maps.

ArcGIS StoryMaps: Information, Tutorials, and Workshops (MDL)

ERDAS

ERDAS IMAGINE is a software primarily used for processing and analyzing images from satellites, drones, and aerial photography

ERDAS IMAGINE eTraining course index

Google Earth Pro

Google Earth Pro is a free downloadable desktop application that allows users to view satellite imagery of the Earth’s surface via a 3D interactive globe.

UTM Library YouTube Playlist -Google Earth Tutorials (9 videos)

MAXQDA

MAXQDA is a program used for qualitative data analysis. It supports researchers in managing, organizing, and analyzing qualitative data to produce new insight, infer relationships, and identify themes.

MAXQDA: Information, Resources, Tutorials, and Workshops (MDL)

NVivo

NVivo is a program used for qualitative data analysis. It supports researchers in managing, organizing, and analyzing qualitative data to produce new insight, infer relationships, and identify themes.

NVivo: Information, Resources, Tutorials, and Workshops (getting started)
NVivo Learning Materials (all content)

Odesi

Odesi (Open Data Documentation, Extraction Service and Infrastructure) is a web-based data repository and analysis tool for Canadian social science and polling data.

Video Tutorials from Scholars Portal (5 videos)

Planet Explorer

Planet Explorer is a web-based mapping tool that allows users to easily view, search, and compare high-resolution satellite imagery of the Earth.

Introduction to Planet Explorer
Getting Started with Planet; Accessing and Analyze Data

Power BI

Power BI is a business analytics tool and data visualization that can transform raw data into interactive visual dashboards.

Power BI: Information, Tutorials, and Workshops (MDL)
Power BI documentation (Microsoft)

QGIS

QGIS is a free, open-source Geographic Information System (GIS) software that allows users to create, edit, visualize, and analyze geospatial information.

UTM Library YouTube Playlist - QGIS Tutorials: Video Playlist (20 videos)
QGIS Training Tutorials: Using Spatial Data in Geographic Information Systems (Statistics Canada)

R and RStudio

R is a programming language used for data analysis and statistics and RStudio is the workspace (or graphical interface) used to write and run code.

Getting Started with R and RStudio (MDL)
Introduction to R (MDL)
R Learning Materials (all content)

SimplyAnalytics

SimplyAnalytics is a web-based data visualization application that can be used to create simple thematic maps and support analyses of socio-demographic data.

UTM Library YouTube Playlist - SimplyMap Tutorials (6 videos)
Introduction to SimplyAnalytics - Video Tutorials

Tableau

Tableau is a data visualization tool that turns spreadsheets into interactive, visual dashboards.

Alternate Access

Parallels RAS Virtualized Applications

UTM I&ITS has made computer labs on campus available via Secure Remote Desktop. Parallels RAS (Remote Application Server) is a virtual computing platform that provides students with 24/7 continuous access to specialized academic software.

Medusa

Learn how to access your UTM GIS course data and projects saved to Medusa through ArcGIS or through any campus computer.

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